RESEARCH
You Didn’t Hire AI. But It’s Already on Your Payroll.
Let me tell you a story no one else wants to. You’ve got a new employee. You didn’t interview them. You didn’t onboard them. You never approved their access to your systems. But they’re already inside. They know your processes. ...
Cyber Trends
The Windows 11 Time Bomb Your MSP Forgot to Mention
Let me tell you a story. It starts like most horror stories do—with a false sense of security. I sat down recently with the CEO of a well-run, 250-person company. Smart guy. Good business. Solid MSP. We talked shop: headcount, ...
Microsoft Just Extorted You. Here’s What to Do About It.
You don’t have to upgrade to Windows 11. That’s the good news. The bad news? If you don’t, your business is about to enter a slow, painful spiral into cyber vulnerability and operational chaos. Right now, people are calling Microsoft’s ...
Well, That Didn’t Last Long: Why Your Cyber Strategy Can’t Be Based on Headlines
Not even a full week. That’s how long we had between a glimmer of good news and a fresh slap of reality. Just a few days ago, security analysts were celebrating. Ransomware payments, they said, were down. A win! Maybe ...
Business Resilience
Part 2: Coffee or a Crisis: The CEO’s Choice in Cybersecurity
Last time we looked at why tabletop exercises matter and how they can reveal the cracks business leaders don’t notice until ...
The Silent IT Risk That Can Wreck Your Company Value: Tribal Knowledge
When CEOs and CFOs think about cybersecurity risk, they think about hackers, ransomware, and data breaches. What they do not think about is the way their own IT teams operate—and how that internal process can make or break the company ...
Could Your Business Survive a Cyberattack? (Most Can’t—and Won’t)
The US bombed Iranian nuclear facilities last week. The result? A “spectacular military success,” sure—followed immediately by the Department of Homeland Security warning that Iran’s state-backed hackers (and a gaggle of bored ...
Security Best Practices
The Cybersecurity Test You Think You're Passing (You're Not)
We were just running a security assessment for a 150-person company last week. Nice organization. Professional. Fancy logos on their trucks. Well-funded. And in about 11 minutes, we were inside their network. Here’s how it started: We sent an email. ...
Why Every CEO Needs a Cyber Incident Response Playbook
Why This Problem Lands on Your Desk When a cyber incident hits your company, the first call usually goes to IT. But very quickly, the responsibility shifts to you and your leadership team. Regulators, insurers, customers, and even the media ...
The Cybersecurity Gap That’s Costing You Everything—and No One's Telling You About It
You’ve made the investments. Your team has security tools in place. You’ve got someone managing IT. You’ve had the compliance audit. On paper, everything looks fine. But there’s a problem. A big one. No one on your team can clearly ...
More Articles
The “Free AI Tool” That Just Invited Hackers Into Your Business
Picture this: It’s Tuesday afternoon. Sharon from accounting is drowning in spreadsheets. She Googles: “Best free AI tool to make Excel easier.” She finds one. It promises magic. She clicks. She downloads. And just like that, hackers just scored VIP ...
Why Every CEO Needs a Cyber Incident Response Playbook
Why This Problem Lands on Your Desk When a cyber incident hits your company, the first call usually goes to IT. But very quickly, the responsibility shifts to you and your leadership team. Regulators, insurers, customers, and even the media ...
Part 2: Coffee or a Crisis: The CEO’s Choice in Cybersecurity
Last time we looked at why tabletop exercises matter and how they can reveal the cracks business leaders don’t notice until ...
The Ghost in the Server Room
Every growing organization hits that moment: do we keep sprinting after every shiny thing, or do we stop, take a breath, and ask if we’re actually focused on the right battles? We chose the second path. Why? Because our mission ...
Part 1: Coffee or a Crisis: The CEO’s Choice in Cybersecurity
It always starts like a normal day. You grab coffee, glance at your calendar, maybe get ready for the morning rush. Then ...
The $1.5M Mistake Your Employees Are Making—Without Telling You
Let’s set the scene: a group of developers at a grooming software company upload code to their personal GitHub. They quit. They launch a competing platform using that code. A federal court sides with the original company—$572K in damages, $1M ...
New Cybersecurity Laws in NY and MA Could Put Your Business on the Hook—Here’s How to Stay Safe
Think compliance is a formality? Think again. In states like New York and Massachusetts, failing to prove your cybersecurity program is airtight could cost you everything—your reputation, your clients, and your business. Last week I blogged about upcoming California rules ...
The Big Cyber Awareness Lie
So you’ve got a training program. Your IT team told you it was important, so you signed off on it. Now, every so often, your employees sit through a “cyber awareness” session or get hit with a surprise phishing test. ...
Copilot: Your Best Employee or the Hacker’s Dream Intern?
Let me paint you a picture. You finally convinced your team to use Microsoft Copilot. Productivity is up. Reports get written faster. People are actually excited about technology for once. But then someone clicks a link they shouldn’t have. Happens ...
Why Compliance Won’t Save You (But Ignoring It Will Destroy You)
Let’s talk about hospitals. They are compliance machines. Entire teams dedicated to checking boxes, filling binders, and making sure they pass audits. They dot every “i,” cross every “t,” and sleep soundly knowing the paperwork is perfect. And yet—ransomware crews ...
You’re Required to Get a Cyber Audit—Here’s What That Means for Your Business
If your business handles customer data in any meaningful way, California just made something very clear: you will soon need an independent cybersecurity audit—every year. On July 24, 2025, California finalized new privacy regulations under the CCPA. These new rules ...
